Electric stove.



L. G, COPEMAN.

ELECTRIC STOVE.

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1,141,176. Patented June 1. 1915.

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LLOYD GEOFF COPEMAN, F FLINT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 COPEMAN ELlglCTBIC STOVE COMIANY, 0F FLINT, MICHIGAN. A. CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

ELECTRIC STOVE.

S ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1. 1915.

application filed April 18, 1913. Sena: no. 762,061.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LLOYD GRoFF Corn- MAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Flint, in the county of Gcnesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Stoves, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an electric stove and more particularly to a stove formed of a hot plate and an oven which is detachable therefrom so as to permit the hot plate to be .employed independently of the oven.

The invention resides in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will more fully hcreinafter appear. In the drawings,-Figure l is a central vertical section through a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hot plate with the shield removed, looking at the bottom thereof; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the shield; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of, the bearing member;

provided with an aperture E within which is arranged the electrical heating element F. The latter is supported by means of a plurality of arms G cast integral with the base and. extending into. the opening E. These arms are so shaped as to position the element F slightly above the plane of the top face of the base. Secured to the base preferably at the front side thereof-is a bracket If that carries a switch I for the electrical connector, the switch and the con.- ncctor being copnected to the heating element in any desirable manner.

In order to protect the support upon bearing member N, while element.

side of the shield J is a flange 0 provided with indentations l for receiving projections Q on spring lugs Rof a second bearing member S, the latter being arranged upon the base at the side opposite from that 'of the bearing member N.

. screws '1 to pass therethrough.

is an enlarged lateral extension of the bearing member N which projects inwardly adjacent the switch and serves as a shield for the insulated wires X between the switch and the terminal block Y of the electrical element, thereby maintaining the wires out of contact with the heating surface of the The shield J has the flange K thereof cut away at a to permit the wires and the eXtension .\V to pass therethrough.

The oven B is provided with an aperture A in the bottom thereof, which aperture is preferably of configuration complementary to the configuration of the element F but is slightly larger than the element so that I the latter will not come in contact with the walls of the oven. So also the element F does not engage the v. sills of the base C. In order to properly position the oven so that the walls B of the aperture A will not engage the heating element, positioning members C are arranged to engage the several sides or skirting ofthe'base. These positioning members are preferably in-the form of angle strips having one portion as l) fixed to the bottom face of the oven and having the downwardlyprojecting portion 16 suitably shaped to fit the skirtlng. The strip at the front edge of theoven has the downwardly-extending flange E thereof recesscd at F to receive a portion of the switch I As before stated, the oven bottom is provided with an aperture A that extends therethrough. Therefore, in order to obtain a better distribution of the heat within the even, a deflector G is arranged within the oven directly above the opening A. shield is preferably carried by the lower This v'vardly-extending projections I which serve to maintain the shield a distance above the oven bottom.

When it is desired to use the oven, the parts are assembled as shown in Fig; 1, the

member C serving to. position the oven so that the walls B of theopemng A'- are out; of contact with the heating element. When the hot plate only is to be employed, it is merely necessary to lift the oven from the combination with a base provided with an aperture, an electrical heating element arranged in said aperture and'earri'ed by the base, and a combined flanged drip-pan and sing element, a supporting member therefor,

shield detachably connected to the base and arranged beneath said heating element.

2. An electrical hot plate, comprising a I base having an aperture therein, an electrical heating element arranged in the aperture, bearings upon the underside ofv the base, and a combined shield and drippan detachably carried by said bearings. electrical hot plate, comprising a.

base having an aperture therein, an electrical heating element-arranged in said aperture and carried by the base, a switch mounted upon the base, electrical connections between, the switch and the hot plate,

and a shield intermediate the switch and ho a plate for-said electrical connectors. 4. The'combin'ation with an electrical hot plate including an electrical heating .ele-

ment, of an oven supported thereon and.

provided with an apertured portion arranged over the heating element, arack positioned in the oven and spacedfrom the bottom thereof, and a deflector carried by" therack and-extending across said opening. 5.' The combination with a hot-plate, in-

eluding a base and an electrical heating ele ment supported upon said base and projecting above theplane of the top face thereof,

of a closed oven detachably engaging said base having the bottom thereof provided with an aperture of asize to receive said hot-plate, and members projecting from the bottom face of the oven and engaging the skirting of the panior positioning the oven upon the base to maintain the walls off the apertured portion out of contact with the Y hot-plate. I

6. In an electrical heating element, the

combination with a base having an aperture therein, of an electrical heating element arranged in said aperture and carried by arms attached to said base, electrical connections to said heating element, a combined drippan and shield positioned beneath the heatsaid member holding said electrical connections from contact with the heating surface' of said electrical element.

7. The combination, with a hot plate, in-

cluding a base having a centrally located opening, arms attached to said'base projecting up into said opening and supporting legs attached to said base, and an electrical heatthereof, of an oven detachably engagingsaid base having thebottom thereof provided withan aperture of a size'to receive said heating element, and channel irons attached to said oven for positioning said even upon the base to, maintain the walls of the aper'-.

tured portion-of the bottom out of contact with saidheating element.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses:

LLOYD GROFF COPEMAN. Witnesses:

ROY W. SGHUMACHER, FRANK D. MONTAGUE. 

